comprise

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: com=prise

CIDE DICTIONARY

comprise, v. t. [From F. compris, comprise, p. p. of comprendre, L. comprehendere. See Comprehend.].

 To comprehend; to include.  [1913 Webster]
"Comprise much matter in few words."  [1913 Webster]
"Friendship does two souls in one comprise."

Syn. -- To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle; inclose; involve; imply.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

comprise, v.tr.
1 include; comprehend.
2 consist of, be composed of (the book comprises 350 pages).
3 disp. make up, compose (the essays comprise his total work).

Derivative

comprisable adj.

Etymology

ME f. F, fem. past part. of comprendre comprehend

THESAURUS

comprise

accouple, accumulate, add, add up to, admit, affect, agglutinate, aggregate, aggregate to, amalgamate, amass, amount to, articulate, assemble, assimilate, associate, assume, band, blend, bond, bracket, bridge, bridge over, bring, call for, cement, chain, clap together, coalesce, collect, combine, come to, come together, complete, compose, compound, comprehend, concatenate, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, contain, copulate, count in, couple, cover, embed, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, entail, envisage, fill, fill in, fill out, flux, form, fuse, gather, glue, hold, implicate, imply, include, incorporate, integrate, interblend, interfuse, internalize, involve, join, keep within, knot, lay together, lead to, league, link, lump together, make, make one, make up, marry, marshal, mass, meld, melt into one, merge, mix, mobilize, mount up to, number, number among, occupy, pair, piece together, presume, presuppose, put in, put together, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon up to, reckon with, reembody, require, roll into one, run into, run to, shade into, solder, solidify, span, splice, stick together, subsume, surround, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, take, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take up, tape, tie, tot up to, total, tote up to, unify, unite, unitize, weld, yoke

ROGET THESAURUS

comprise

Inclusion

VB be included in, come under, fall under, range under, belong to, pertain to, range with, merge in, include, comprise, comprehend, contain, admit, embrace, receive, inclose, embody, encircle, reckon among, enumerate among, number among, refer to, place with, arrange with, place under, take into account.